Amharic

E41109

Afroasiatic language Semitic language natural language

Amharic is a Semitic language widely spoken in Ethiopia and used as a major language of government, education, and media in the country.

Aliases (2)

Amharic language ×3
Standard Amharic of Addis Ababa ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afroasiatic language → Semitic language → natural language →
branch	Ethiopian Semitic →
closelyRelatedTo	Geʽez → Tigrinya →
family	Afroasiatic →
hasDigitalSupport	Unicode → major operating systems and mobile platforms →
hasLiteraryTraditionSince	at least the 14th century →
hasLoanwordsFrom	Arabic → English → Geʽez → Italian →
hasMorphologicalFeature	rich verb conjugation → root-and-pattern morphology →
hasPhonologicalFeature	emphatic consonants →
hasReligionAssociatedUsage	Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church →
hasStandardForm	Standard Amharic of Addis Ababa →
hasSyntacticFeature	basic SOV word order →
historicalAncestor	Geʽez →
languageCodeISO639-1	am →
languageCodeISO639-2	amh →
languageCodeISO639-3	amh →
nativeSpeakers	tens of millions →
nativeSpeakersRegion	Addis Ababa → central Ethiopia →
officialStatus	official language of several regional states in Ethiopia → working language of the Federal Government of Ethiopia →
primaryCountry	Ethiopia →
scriptDirection	left-to-right →
subbranch	South Semitic →
subfamily	Semitic →
totalSpeakers	tens of millions →
usedAs	lingua franca in Ethiopia →
usedBy	Amhara people → many other ethnic groups in Ethiopia →
usedIn	Ethiopian film industry → Ethiopian popular music → Ethiopian print media → education in Ethiopia → government in Ethiopia → media in Ethiopia →
usedInDiasporaCommunities	Canada → Europe → Israel → United States →
writingSystem	Geʽez script →
writingSystemType	abugida →

Referenced by (33)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Addis Ababa → Ethiopia → Ethiopian Empire → Italian East Africa →	officialLanguage
Tigre → Tigrinya →	closelyRelatedTo
Operation Solomon → Semitic languages →	hasLanguage
Ethiopian Jews → Gondar region →	language
Ge'ez →	ancestorOf
Gurage languages ("Amharic language") →	areInfluencedBy
Google Translate →	availableLanguage
Gurage languages ("Amharic language") →	hasDialectContinuumWith
Ethiopian calendar →	hasLanguageContext
Samuel →	hasLanguageForm
Saho →	hasLexicalBorrowingFrom
Sidamo →	hasLexicalInfluenceFrom
Friends World Committee for Consultation →	hasOfficialLanguage
Amharic ("Standard Amharic of Addis Ababa") →	hasStandardForm
South Semitic languages →	includesLanguage
Geʽez →	influenced
Michael →	isUsedInLanguage
Gumuz languages →	languageContactWith
Kes →	languageOfTerm
Eskinder Nega →	languageOfWorkOrName
Haile Selassie I →	languageSpoken
Sigd →	liturgicalLanguage
Tigrinya →	sharesScriptWith
Geʽez script ("Amharic language") →	usedForLanguage
East Africa →	widelySpokenLanguage
Ge'ez →	writingSystemUsedBy
Geʽez →	writingSystemUsedFor